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Amanda Marcotte is a senior politics writer at Salon and the author of "Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set On Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself." Follow her on Bluesky @AmandaMarcotte and sign up for her biweekly politics newsletter, Standing Room Only.

Donald Trump | The US Capitol Riot on January 6, 2021 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Planned in plain sight”: Why Donald Trump makes no attempt to hide his insurrectionist plots

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Donald Trump and vaccines (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

There is no solution to the GOP’s vaccine refusal

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President Donald J. Trump (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

There’s nothing “delusional” about Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories. They are working

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US President Donald Trump speaks at "Save America March" rally in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

How do we report on Trump’s dastardly schemes without amplifying his lies and incitement?

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Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dealing with Manchin and Sinema: Democrats finally ditch the carrot and pick up the stick

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Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and the Texas Capitol building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Texas Democrats stand up for democracy and send a loud message to Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema

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Amy Cooper confront Christian Cooper in Central Park in New York (Twitter/@melodyMcooper)

Amy Cooper’s “racial discrimination” lawsuit and the scourge of white whining

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Marjorie Taylor Green, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Ignore GOP condemnations of Marjorie Taylor Greene — it’s all a part of the troll

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Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Joe Biden and the theater of bipartisanship: Democrats know GOP will never negotiate in good faith

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Rick Santorum (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

CNN’s Rick Santorum dilemma and the Republican pundit paradox

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Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Biden and the Democrats can save abortion access before the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

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Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

Republicans are sleeping on the jobs bill. Democrats need to move on before it’s too late

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Donald Trump behind bars (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Lock him up! Prosecuting Trump won’t save democracy, but it sure will make doing so easier

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Capitol rioters | Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Time for the cover-up: There’s only one reason why Republicans oppose a bipartisan Jan. 6 commission

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John Cornyn, Dan Crenshaw and Ted Cruz (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

No, the media can’t “move on” from Trump’s Big Lie — not until Republicans end their war on voting

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Rioters clash with police trying to enter Capitol building through the front doors. Rioters broke windows and breached the Capitol building in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Liz Cheney’s ouster is no isolated incident — Republicans are already back to defending Trump’s coup

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Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democrats refuse to take advantage of the GOP civil war. Do they care about democracy?

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Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney | Capitol Riot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Canceling the anti-insurrectionists in the GOP proves Republicans never cared about “free speech”

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Liz Cheney and Donald Trump | The Maricopa County audit (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s Big Lie is alienating to voters — Republicans just don’t care

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Contractors working for Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate, examine and recount ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 1, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Maricopa County ballot recount comes after two election audits found no evidence of widespread fraud. (Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)

Trump’s Arizona vote “audit” is a mess by design

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Kevin McCarthy, Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The insurrectionist caucus turns to schoolyard bully tactics to take over the GOP — and it’s working

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Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Facebook’s Trump ban stays: Social media giant’s decision shows free speech concerns were overblown

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Nurse giving flu vaccine to a senior patient (Getty Images)

The U.S. never had a shot at herd immunity

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Tucker Carlson, Meghan McCain and Greg Gutfeld (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Whataboutism, the last refuge for Republicans, is on the rise

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